Uh... Game time expiring early?

I bought 30-day WoW time off the Blizzard Store a week ago, on the date of Jan 28th to be exact. I tried to log on a few minutes ago, and it said "You have used up your prepaid time for this account". What happened?

It hasn't even been showing up. I was unable to use the forums, and now my WoW gametime expires early >_< It's hard to enjoy a game when you can't even play it.

If your game time ended early like that, it is because the method of payment that you used to by the time did not go through. Blizzard runs a temp charge and then your bank waits for the real charge. If the money isn't in the account when the bank does the actual charge (up to 72 hours later) then the charge fails and Blizzard will take back the purchase.

This is over 72 hours after purchase... Perhaps Blizzard had a mess-up?

No, not a Blizzard "mess up", ßùtch.

The payment used to order the Digital Game Time declined and the game time was removed. You may wish to use another form of payment for the WoW subscription or purchase a Game Card from a local retailer if possible.

I'm really ticked off since I bought 30 days WoW time a week ago, yet I'm being asked to pay again, when I probably don't have any more money to pay, which obviously I'm not going to pay again for something I have proof of in my email. I've heard of various people with the same issue and they're being treated the same way as I. You guys -really- need to crack down on this or there will be many unhappy customers and potential quitters.

I'm not sure if it's a bug in the system, or if it is you guys trying to milk more money, but I feel that I am not being treated as a valued customer as I've already paid for 30 days, and I'm being asked to pay again. How will I know this will happen again? More money down the drain? I'm almost tempted not to pay again to guarantee I won't lose money.

I really feel as if my issue has been mistreated and that my serious issue has been thrown to the side. I knew I had enough money on my card.

I'm really ticked off since I bought 30 days WoW time a week ago, yet I'm being asked to pay again, when I probably don't have any more money to pay, which obviously I'm not going to pay again for something I have proof of in my email. I've heard of various people with the same issue and they're being treated the same way as I. You guys -really- need to crack down on this or there will be many unhappy customers and potential quitters.

I'm not sure if it's a bug in the system, or if it is you guys trying to milk more money, but I feel that I am not being treated as a valued customer as I've already paid for 30 days, and I'm being asked to pay again. How will I know this will happen again? More money down the drain? I'm almost tempted not to pay again to guarantee I won't lose money.

I really feel as if my issue has been mistreated and that my serious issue has been thrown to the side. I knew I had enough money on my card.

You didn't lose your money. Blizzard didn't get the money. It's wherever it was when you started, according to whatever policies your financial institution uses.

For example, let's say it was a debit Mastercard connected to your checking account. You made the purchase, and the bank put the funds on hold. The payment didn't finalize, so a few days later, the hold is released, and the funds are back in your checking account.

If it was a traditional credit card, it would appear in your online statement as a pending authorization. Because Blizzard is unable to finalize the transaction, that pending authorization would simply vanish after a few days.

The fact the transaction failed doesn't mean you lacked the funds. There are any number of reasons it might fail. The most common would be that your billing profile didn't match the billing information on the payment account, so it failed a security check.